Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Forest Park Department of Fire and Emergency Services

Forest Park, GA · Clayton County. Forest Park Department of Fire and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 52 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

52
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Forest Park Department of Fire and Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.

Top 16%
national personnel size
+206%
vs. Georgia average
2
stations

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
Forest Park Department of Fire and Emergency Services

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity C
26 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
52 personnel · 2 stations

Forest Park Department of Fire and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Forest Park, GA (Clayton County), with 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,571 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,571 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #70 of 328
  • 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Clayton County

Forest Park Department of Fire and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

52 Top 16% higher than 84% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 03103 · Forest Park Department of Fire and Emergency Services, GA 52 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 52
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tyro Rural
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Tyro Rural Fire Department, NC (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every GA department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Forest Park, GA
FDID
03103

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Forest Park Department of Fire and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #70 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,571 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 206% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster geometry

Clayton County HIFLD mix around Forest Park Department of Fire and Emergency Services

Clayton County: 8 departments, 416 personnel (0 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 52 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Tyro Rural Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 52 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.